Re: In search of the perfect Disassembler

NoDot wrote:
> LASERs, anyone?

They still have no mass...and, thus, they "heat things up" / "burn holes in
things" (energy)...NOT "knock things over" / "knock people out" / "bash
holes in things" (mass)...

If you fired a laser at me - rather than my (meant to be comical) "disco
lights" / "torch" example - then - ouch! - it would burn like buggery...oh
dear, a hole seems to have been burnt straight through my hand...but you
couldn't knock me over with it, as it doesn't have mass, so doesn't exert
"force"...indeed, no matter how powerful (not unless it somehow effects my
nerves, which would be a different matter again), I could move my hand out
of the way...it couldn't "pin" my hand to the wall or anything...

"F = ma"; If "m" (mass) is zero, then "F" (force) is zero, no matter how
much "oomph" (a) you put into it...

Yeah, sorry, NoDot...but if the "staff weapons" in Stargate are supposed to
be "LASERs" then they shouldn't be bashing people on their arses, as they
do...the "zat gun" is slightly different, though, as they show people
having "spasms" when hit by them, suggesting that this "energy weapon" hits
the "nervous system" and that's how it knocks people out...though, how the
weapon knows to "stun on the first shot, kill on the second, vapourise on
the third" is never adequately explained...

It is "science fiction", after all...one must "suspend disbelief" a little
in order to enjoy it...think of it more in a "Star Wars" context that it's
all just "mythology" - plain old fashioned "story-telling" - just where
"aliens" replace "ancient gods" and "magic portals" / "spaceships" replace
"flying carpets" / "riding dragons" and so on and so forth...there weren't
really "gods" sitting atop Mount Olympus nor really a place called "Middle
Earth"...the sole difference in the "sci-fi" genre is they place their
"fictional tale" in the future rather than the past...but, especially with
Stargate - where the entire "premise" is based on "mythology" - it's really
about the "metaphors" / "messages", just like any good _STORY_ from "Faust"
to "King Midas" to "King Lear" to "Star Wars Episode IV" (which is just
"Arthurian legend in disguise", anyway) to a "Desparate Dan" comic...to
whatever...

In our "factual 24-hour news" culture, everyone's increasingly forgetting
that not everything is necessarily a "fact"...practice may still rule, but
"theory" can still teach you a thing or two...and every scientific
discovery starts with a "hypothesis": Which until proved one way or the
other, no-one knows if it's a "fiction" or a "fact"...

"What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare."

[ "Leisure", William Henry Davies ]

Beth :)


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